Public Sector Contracts in the Midlands

Public Sector
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 11 10
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 -1
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 229 389 601
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.43% 11.58% 12.12%
As % of the General category 15.28% 20.96% 22.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 336 506
10th Percentile £254 £200 £201
25th Percentile £359 £342 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £569 £638 £538
90th Percentile £625 £700 £600
England median daily rate £525 £538 £505
% change year-on-year -2.33% +6.44% +4.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 14 21
10th Percentile £12.15 £12.39 £12.25
25th Percentile £12.75 £13.90 £13.75
Median hourly rate £16.00 £18.38 £16.40
Median % change year-on-year -12.93% +12.04% +2.50%
75th Percentile £20.62 £22.44 £17.70
90th Percentile £35.00 £26.12 £20.00
England median hourly rate £21.25 £20.42 £20.00
% change year-on-year +4.06% +2.10% +7.99%

All General Skills
Midlands

Public Sector is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,499 1,856 2,702
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 55.19% 55.27% 54.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,034 1,320 2,021
10th Percentile £208 £213 £225
25th Percentile £350 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +1.05% +18.75%
75th Percentile £611 £595 £550
90th Percentile £738 £694 £653
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 78 100
10th Percentile £11.75 £11.80 £10.50
25th Percentile £13.90 £13.31 £13.39
Median hourly rate £17.50 £20.84 £17.85
Median % change year-on-year -16.02% +16.74% +13.33%
75th Percentile £36.25 £41.75 £26.94
90th Percentile £52.34 £51.50 £35.00
England median hourly rate £30.75 £32.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -5.38% +51.16% -4.44%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the Midlands

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in the Midlands

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in the Midlands

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in the Midlands

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Public Sector in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in the Midlands

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands -7 169 £500 -7.19% 102
East Midlands -7 59 £310 -48.33% 32
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (2.18%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.87%) Apache
3 2 (0.87%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.87%) CICS
3 2 (0.87%) CMS
3 2 (0.87%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (6.55%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.44%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 16 (6.99%) Azure
2 8 (3.49%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (2.18%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (1.31%) AWS
4 3 (1.31%) OCI
5 2 (0.87%) Azure App Service
5 2 (0.87%) Azure Functions
5 2 (0.87%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (0.87%) Entra ID
5 2 (0.87%) PaaS
5 2 (0.87%) Power Platform
5 2 (0.87%) Serverless
6 1 (0.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (0.44%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.44%) Azure Event Grid
6 1 (0.44%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.44%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (0.44%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.44%) IaaS
6 1 (0.44%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.11%) WAN
2 12 (5.24%) Firewall
2 12 (5.24%) VPN
3 11 (4.80%) Network Security
4 10 (4.37%) BGP
4 10 (4.37%) IPsec
4 10 (4.37%) MPLS
5 8 (3.49%) TCP/IP
5 8 (3.49%) Wireless
6 7 (3.06%) Internet
7 6 (2.62%) DNS
8 5 (2.18%) DHCP
8 5 (2.18%) Junos
9 4 (1.75%) SAN
10 3 (1.31%) LAN
11 2 (0.87%) 5G
11 2 (0.87%) Fibre Channel
11 2 (0.87%) Intrusion Detection
12 1 (0.44%) CATAPAN
12 1 (0.44%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.18%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (1.75%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.31%) Amazon Redshift
3 3 (1.31%) Big Data
3 3 (1.31%) DB2
3 3 (1.31%) Metadata
3 3 (1.31%) MySQL
4 2 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.87%) IDMS
5 1 (0.44%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.44%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.44%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.44%) Metadata Repository
5 1 (0.44%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.44%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.44%) Power BI
5 1 (0.44%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 16 (6.99%) PVCS
1 16 (6.99%) Visual Studio
2 6 (2.62%) Git
3 4 (1.75%) JIRA
4 2 (0.87%) Appium
4 2 (0.87%) UI Automator
4 2 (0.87%) XCUITest
5 1 (0.44%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.44%) GitLab
5 1 (0.44%) Rational DOORS
General
1 49 (21.40%) Social Skills
2 25 (10.92%) Finance
3 24 (10.48%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (3.49%) Local Government
5 7 (3.06%) Telecoms
6 6 (2.62%) Electronics
6 6 (2.62%) Manufacturing
6 6 (2.62%) Marketing
7 5 (2.18%) Legal
7 5 (2.18%) Police
8 4 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.31%) Back Office
9 3 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.87%) Military
10 2 (0.87%) Publishing
11 1 (0.44%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.44%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.44%) Law
11 1 (0.44%) Retail
11 1 (0.44%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 23 (10.04%) Analyst
2 19 (8.30%) Senior
3 16 (6.99%) C Programmer
3 16 (6.99%) Programmer
4 14 (6.11%) Lead
4 14 (6.11%) Network Engineer
4 14 (6.11%) Project Manager
5 13 (5.68%) Architect
6 12 (5.24%) 3rd Line Support
6 12 (5.24%) Developer
7 10 (4.37%) Senior Manager
7 10 (4.37%) WAN Engineer
8 9 (3.93%) Support Engineer
9 8 (3.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (3.49%) Senior Project Manager
10 7 (3.06%) Administrator
10 7 (3.06%) IT Engineer
11 6 (2.62%) 2nd Line Support
11 6 (2.62%) IT Technician
11 6 (2.62%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.31%) .NET
1 3 (1.31%) Apache NiFi
1 3 (1.31%) OAuth
1 3 (1.31%) OpenID
1 3 (1.31%) SAML
2 2 (0.87%) AngularJS
2 2 (0.87%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (0.87%) LDAP
2 2 (0.87%) Regular Expression
2 2 (0.87%) REST
3 1 (0.44%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.44%) Entity Framework
3 1 (0.44%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.44%) JSON
3 1 (0.44%) Kafka
3 1 (0.44%) Node.js
3 1 (0.44%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.44%) React
3 1 (0.44%) SAP PI
3 1 (0.44%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.37%) PKI
2 7 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (2.62%) Driving Licence
3 6 (2.62%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.18%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (2.18%) Cyber Defence
4 5 (2.18%) Distributed Applications
5 4 (1.75%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.75%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.31%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.31%) Digital Media
6 3 (1.31%) IBM Mainframe
6 3 (1.31%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (1.31%) Mainframe
7 2 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (0.87%) Handset
7 2 (0.87%) IoT
7 2 (0.87%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.87%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.87%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 33 (14.41%) Windows
2 17 (7.42%) Linux
3 10 (4.37%) Windows 7
4 6 (2.62%) Windows Vista
5 5 (2.18%) Mac OS X
5 5 (2.18%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.75%) Android
6 4 (1.75%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.75%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.31%) Unix
7 3 (1.31%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.87%) zOS
9 1 (0.44%) AIX
9 1 (0.44%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.44%) Solaris
9 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (13.54%) Agile
2 30 (13.10%) Stakeholder Management
3 27 (11.79%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (8.30%) Project Management
5 18 (7.86%) Cybersecurity
5 18 (7.86%) Decision-Making
5 18 (7.86%) PRINCE2
6 16 (6.99%) Analytics
6 16 (6.99%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (6.99%) Data Analysis
7 15 (6.55%) SIEM
8 14 (6.11%) Information Security
9 13 (5.68%) Time Management
10 12 (5.24%) Business Intelligence
10 12 (5.24%) Customer Service
10 12 (5.24%) Risk Management
11 11 (4.80%) DevOps
11 11 (4.80%) Project Delivery
11 11 (4.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 11 (4.80%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.86%) PL/SQL
2 16 (6.99%) C
3 9 (3.93%) SQL
4 6 (2.62%) Java
5 4 (1.75%) C#
5 4 (1.75%) R
6 3 (1.31%) C++
6 3 (1.31%) COBOL
6 3 (1.31%) Python
7 2 (0.87%) Bash
7 2 (0.87%) CLIST
7 2 (0.87%) Kotlin
7 2 (0.87%) REXX
7 2 (0.87%) Scala
7 2 (0.87%) SELCOPY
7 2 (0.87%) Swift
8 1 (0.44%) BeanShell
8 1 (0.44%) Bourne shell
8 1 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 100 (43.67%) Security Cleared
2 62 (27.07%) SC Cleared
3 14 (6.11%) Degree
3 14 (6.11%) DV Cleared
4 13 (5.68%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (3.49%) CCNA
5 8 (3.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 6 (2.62%) CCNP
7 5 (2.18%) HNC
7 5 (2.18%) HND
7 5 (2.18%) NVQ Level 3
8 4 (1.75%) CCIE
8 4 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.31%) GIAC
9 3 (1.31%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (0.87%) BC Cleared
10 2 (0.87%) CISSP
10 2 (0.87%) GSEC
10 2 (0.87%) ISEB
10 2 (0.87%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.24%) QA
2 8 (3.49%) GDPR
3 7 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.06%) SLA
4 6 (2.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 5 (2.18%) HIPAA
5 5 (2.18%) NIST
6 3 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 3 (1.31%) ISO17020
7 2 (0.87%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.87%) PMO
8 1 (0.44%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.44%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.44%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.44%) NCSC
8 1 (0.44%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (5.68%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.62%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (1.31%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.31%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.87%) iptables
5 2 (0.87%) VMware Server
6 1 (0.44%) KVM
6 1 (0.44%) OpenAM
6 1 (0.44%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (1.31%) Grafana
1 3 (1.31%) Terraform
2 2 (0.87%) Ansible
2 2 (0.87%) FortiGate
2 2 (0.87%) Kibana
2 2 (0.87%) logstash
2 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.87%) SCCM
2 2 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.44%) EMC NetWorker
3 1 (0.44%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.44%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.44%) VxRail
Vendors
1 21 (9.17%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.11%) Juniper
3 11 (4.80%) VMware
4 10 (4.37%) Cisco
5 9 (3.93%) Dell
5 9 (3.93%) Oracle
6 7 (3.06%) SAP
7 6 (2.62%) Red Hat
8 4 (1.75%) Citrix
8 4 (1.75%) Computacenter
8 4 (1.75%) Talend
9 3 (1.31%) Denodo
9 3 (1.31%) ForgeRock
9 3 (1.31%) IBM
9 3 (1.31%) LogRhythm
9 3 (1.31%) TippingPoint
10 2 (0.87%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.87%) Syncsort
10 2 (0.87%) Trend Micro
11 1 (0.44%) SolarWinds